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30 day creative writing challenge5/7/2023 ![]() ![]() And it will likely be the genesis of a future work. It might be great therapy and ease some of your stress. Since the goal of NaNoWriMo is to write as much as you can, why not try putting that conflict on the page? No editing, no revision, not yet. And if you aren’t conflicted right now, you are living in an alternate universe. Consider also that readers are looking for conflict. Yet, I’ve always found the time I least wanted a goal was when I most needed one. You might think there’s no way you can get any writing done this month, not in 2020. It’s very exciting that she is giving a pep talk this year. (If you are a writer of YA novels and are not familiar with Elizabeth Acevedo, check out my post on her novel in verse “The Poet X” at. This year, you can expect motivation from authors Elizabeth Acevedo, Charlie Jane Anders, Kacen Callender and Alexis Daria. NaNoWriMo serves as a “social network with author profiles, personal project libraries, and writing buddies.” During November, they send periodic pep talks. Victoria Waddle is managing editor of the Inlandia Institute’s online journal, “Inlandia: A Literary Journey.” (Photo courtesy of Carol Erickson) Since 1999 thousands of novelists have challenged themselves to write an astounding 50,000 words in the 30 days of November. It’s name is short for National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo is a worldwide nonprofit organization that offers support for writing goals. Make the list.According to its website, “NaNoWriMo tracks words for writers like FitBit tracks steps.” You may not have owned so many cars – or be that interested, so what about shoes, houses, coats, pets, houseplants, mugs, … you name it. Goldberg suggests: ‘Keep these topics in your back pocket and exercise them often.’Ī ’38 Buick convertible with a rumbleseat and a fireball eightĪ ’32 Packard Victoria with cut-glass bud vases and a 7-foot hoodĪ ’38 Packard sedan whose clutch my girlfriend blew outĪ ’40 Plymouth 2-door with the shift right up there on the wheelĪ ’42 Nash coupe, black and utterly uninterestingĪ ’47 Cadillac convertible, long and sexy as a serious kissĪ ’35 Dodge thronging with old ladies’ ghostsĪ ’56 MG we souped up so hot it would barely run on gasolineĪ ’62 Volvo 544, eye-shadow blue and indomitableĪ ’62 Rambler sedan nobody had ever made love inĪ ’48 Buick convertible that honest-to-God liked meĪ ’65 Ford Galaxy in which I destroyed a Kharman Ghia, a privet hedge, and finally my relative innocenceĪ ’66 Ford Country Squire with the heart of a ClydesdaleĪ ’68 Ford Country Squire clean enough to take to bedĪ ’70 Chevy wagon as drab as a submarine’s insidesĪ 72 Audi so corrupt I still can’t bear talking about itĪn ’82 Rabbit that helped me discover where my sciatic nerve is. You can have more than one go at an idea. You have to start somewhere and you will build up stamina and skill and fluency and confidence. These bursts of writing can be thought of as training to run a distance. ![]() In the opening chapter the advice is to just keep going. These first prompts are from a wonderful book about writing memoir by Natalie Goldberg called Old Friend from Far Away. Send us photos of your writing nook, with or without you writing there. ![]() We will aim to post a ten-minute writing prompt daily. Even the youngest can draw along with you.ĭon’t be hard on yourself. Equally, this might be something you do with other family members. You may choose to write alone, a blessed moment of quietness. Find the spot, inside or out, if you can, and let the words arrive. Choose your preferred form of writing equipment – screen, paper, notebook, pen, pencil. If you have a timer, set it, so that you don’t have to think about the time. You will know where, when and how this will work best for you. During times like these you might find, more than ever, that writing could work its magic. We suggest that you aim to carve yourself a ten-minute slot each day for your own writing. Of course, you can write for longer, but ten minutes feels possible as a starting point. Spring and summer of 2020 brought a time of enforced isolation and high demands on resilience, patience and calm. ![]()
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